Decision Taken By: CABINET MEMBER FOR Housing
Decision No: D130015MEM
Date: 25th February 2013
Decision(s) and Reason(s)
Review of the Housing Allocations Scheme
Minutes
The report referred to the Council's duty to produce a housing allocation scheme explaining how affordable housing would be allocated. It was noted that the Localism Act 2011 permitted major revisions to existing housing allocation schemes to reflect local needs and reference was made to the proposed simplification of the way in which applicants were prioritised. Further to Decision No D120139MEM, the report proposed an amended consultation process and highlighted the changes to be included or excluded from the consultation.
It was requested that details of the definition of "local connection" be circulated to members of the Advisory Board and an appropriate training session on the outcome of the exercise be made available to all Members.
Following consideration by the Strategic Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Housing resolved that:
1) the changes to the allocation scheme identified in section 1.4 of the report and recommended to be excluded from the consultation be approved;
2) the potential changes to be included within the consultation (section 1.5 of the report), and upon which a final decision for adoption will await the consultation outcome and be the subject of a further report, be approved;
3) the Director of Health and Housing be authorised to finalise the details of the consultation process in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Chairman of the Strategic Housing Advisory Board; and
4) the timetable for the review and update of the housing allocation scheme set out in section 1.2 of the report, including the further reporting of final details for adoption, be approved.
Reasons: As set out in the report submitted to the Strategic Housing Advisory Board of 25 February 2013
Signed J Anderson (Cabinet Member for Housing)
Signed Leader: N Heslop
Signed Chief Executive: J Beilby
Date of Publication: 01 March 2013
This decision will come into force and may then be implemented on the expiry of 5 working days after publication unless it is called in.